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Battle of Timor

BelligerentsAllies:NetherlandsDutch East IndiesUnited KingdomAustraliaUnited StatesPortuguese TimorJapanCommanders and leadersWilliam LeggattWilliam VealeAlexander SpenceBernard CallinanDouglas MacArthurDom AleixoManuel Pires(POW)(invasion)Yuitsu Tsuchihashi(later campaign)Units involvedSparrow ForceBlack ColumnsStrength ~2,050 strong garrison(peak February 1942)~1,000 commandos(peak October 1942) ~12,000 (peak late 1942)Casualties and lossesNetherlands:~300 deadAustralia:151 dead (Sparrow Force)Portuguese Timor:~75 deadUnited Kingdom:5 dead (The Sparrows) ~4,000 dead(West and East Timor) 40,000–70,000 civilians deadThe Battle of Timor occurred in Portuguese Timor and Dutch Timor during the Second World War.

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